[pct-l] Thru hiking alone or with somebody else?

[ed faubert]

Sean, everything you wondered about how folks hike the trail pretty much you answered already... Solo hikers hook up in week one, change partners for a week or do. Get to the Sierras and team up til Tahoe. I would say the majority of hikers team up if thats what they want or need to do, others who want to be alone can do so.....
It comes down to finding a like minded person or group who matches your pace. I think thats more inportant then finding a friend from home who slows you down or makes you run the trail. You may find a new "best" friend by the time you do 700 miles,



--- On Wed, 12/3/08, Sean Carey <seanpct75 at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Sean Carey <seanpct75 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [pct-l] Thru hiking alone or with somebody else?
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 8:22 PM
> Hello again,
> 
> Got another question for all of you. I guess this has
> actually been in the
> back of my mind since I realized that this is something I
> am going to be
> doing. On a thru hike I am wondering how many people solo
> hiked it or hiked
> with others? I have tried to talk most of my friends into
> coming with me. If
> not the the whole way maybe for a part of it. I pretty much
> have had no
> takers. LOL. A few would really like to, but they have
> other
> responsibilities and so on to contend with.
> 
> Me I don't have as many of these responsibilities or
> tethers keeping me in
> one place. I am going to do this. You could fit all of my
> possesions into a
> van probably and even maybe a car. LOL.
> 
> Anyhow back to what I am really wondering about. I am not
> sure where exactly
> I will be by the time I get ready to go. Or how I will feel
> about which one
> of these I want to do. I am wondering if some people maybe
> hook up with
> people and hike with them for a while and then return to
> solo hiking? Or
> maybe some people hook up for certain portions like the
> Sierras?
> 
> I might find that when I get there I want some company
> sometimes. I might
> also find I want to solo hike a lot of it. I don't
> really know yet. I guess
> I am really curious though about the possibilities of both.
> I am wondering
> what people have experienced and what they think about
> both? Also the
> possibilities or maybe if people just will run into others
> along the way and
> just hike for a bit and then break off?
> 
> Thanks for all of the input.
> 
> Sean C.
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